The health system plans to add AI and smart robotics as enabling technologies to further integrate intelligent connection between physician and patient, says medical director for clinical transformation and informatics Dr. Jonah Feldman.
Walmart is closing Walmart Health and Walmart Health Virtual Care, saying the business model was not profitable nor sustainable. The Walmart Health centers opened in 2019.
NCQA has extended the deadline for HEDIS MY 2023 submission to 5 p.m., June 28, due to the Change Healthcare cyberattack.The extension represents an additional two weeks to report 2023 HEDIS results.
CarelonRx, Elevance Health’s pharmacy benefits manager, is debuting an analytics tool that aims to make it easier for employers to plan for future specialty pharmacy costs while providing advocacy to employees who utilize specialty medications.
2024 Changemaker Award winner Gabriel Garcia-Lopez, health information systems director for the Los Angeles LGBT Center, wanted to expand the dialogue on inclusion and change the way sexual orientation data is collected.
The U.K.’s National Health Service is testing the platform to find hard-to-diagnose conditions and patients with cachexia, says Dr. Vibhor Gupta, director and founder of Pangaea Data.
The rapid adoption of telehealth services, accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, has had a positive result on outcomes and resulted in a boost in healthcare spending, according to a report in Health Affairs. The researchers investigated the relationship between the adoption of telemedicine and its impact on costs and quality of care across various health […]
Humana, one of the biggest players in the Medicare Advantage market, raised its 2024 individual Medicare Advantage annual membership growth by 50,000 to now anticipate annual growth of approximately 150,000, or 2.8%, the company said this week during its Q1 earnings report.
A nurse by training, Tim Ashe, chief clinical officer at Wellsky, knows the challenges that burnout, staffing shortages and bed capacity have on clinicians and the health system. One way hospitals dealt with staffing shortages and the need for beds during COVID-19 was to use flexibilities allowed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services […]
Enabled by AI, AvaSure has a virtual nursing platform that is helping to bring the joy back to nursing, says CEO Adam McMullin.